New research decodes how Turkey brands law abiding & peaceful people as terrorists

The authoritarian government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s open contempt for the rule of law has plunged Turkey into an abject lawlessness whereby innocent...

2 prosecutors, 3 Court of Accounts inspectors removed from jobs due to alleged Gülen...

Turkey’s Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has expelled two prosecutors, while the Court of Accounts has relieved three inspectors of their duties...

Presidential decree authorizes State Audit Board to inspect NGOs in Turkey

Turkey’s State Audit Board (DDK) has been authorized by a presidential decree to inspect nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) along with their affiliates and partnerships, the...

Kurdish man investigated for questioning ‘transferred’ voters on election day

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a Kurdish man who questioned the voters who were allegedly “transferred” to his city of residence in...

Turkey detains 474 people over their alleged links to Gülen movement last week

Turkey has detained 474 people as part of post-coup witch hunt that the Turkish government has launched against alleged members of the Gülen movement...

Turkish court sentences British citizen to 7 years for fighting with Kurds against ISIL

A Turkish court has reportedly sentenced to prison a British citizen who joined Kurdish forces battling radical Islamist terror organization the Islamic State in...

Erdoğan critics profiled by Turkish Embassy in Oslo included in terrorism indictment in Turkey:...

Critics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who had been profiled by the Turkish Embassy in Oslo were included in a terrorism probe based...

Turkish university withdraws football star Şükür’s honorary doctorate over alleged Gülen ties

The Senate of Turkey’s Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University has unanimously decided to revoke an honorary doctorate granted to renowned Turkish international soccer player Hakan...

Abducted men show physical and mental signs of torture: families

Families of four Gülen followers who appeared in police custody after being missing since February revealed that their loved ones might have been subjected...

Report: 36 Kurdish villagers tortured under Turkish police custody

Thirty-six villagers who were detained following a clash between Turkish security forces and terrorists were allegedly tortured by police, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on...
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